Bethuel
Mentioned 1861–1759 BC traditional (Jones)
The son of Nahor by Milcah; nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah (Gen. 22:22, 23; 24:15, 24, 47). He appears in person only once (24:50).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- The 22nd generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
- Mentioned in the era of the Patriarchs, 1996–1707 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Laban, Milcah, Nahor, Rebekah, Abraham, Isaac, Chesed, and Esau.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
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Places
Places named in the same verses as Bethuel, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.
- location not graded: Paddan-aram3
Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1887–1733 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
9 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.
The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Bethuel 10 |
| KJV | Bethuel 10 |
| ASV | Bethuel 10 |
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Every verse
All 9 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Genesis9 verses
- 22:22
Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
- 22:23
And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- 24:15
Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- 24:24
She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
- 24:47
Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
- 24:50
Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.
- 25:20
and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
- 28:2
“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
- 28:5
So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
The son of Nahor by Milcah; nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah (Gen. 22:22, 23; 24:15, 24, 47). He appears in person only once (24:50).